Combination stationery and envelope



1957 H. M. HARRISON 2,809,778

COMBINATION STATIONERYAND ENVELOPE Filed Feb. 20, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet l FIG. MO

HALLA M. HARRISON INVENTOR.

BY ATT'Y H. M. HARRISON COMBINATION STATIONERY AND ENVELOPE Oct. 15, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 20, 1956 HALLA M HARRISON IN VEN TOR.

ATT' Y 2,809,778 Patented Oct. 15, 1957 COMBINATION STATIONERY AND ENVELOPE Halla M. Harrison, Portland, Oreg.

Application February 20, 1956, Serial No. 566,526

1 Claim. (Cl. 229--92.7)

This invention relates to improvements in business and social stationery of the type shown and described in my United States Patent No. 2,147,897, dated February 21, 1939, and wherein the writing paper or letterhead is made an integral part of the envelope.

It is one of the principal objects of the present invention to provide stationery of the character described wherein the writing paper when folded within the envelope is doubly sealed therein.

Another object is the provision of means enabling quick and convenient removal and detachment of the writing paper from the envelope when opened in the con ventional manner and also preventing the re-entry of the writing paper into the envelope even when the latter has been steamed open or otherwise tampered with.

The foregoing and other objects will appear as my invention is more fully hereinafter described in the following specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan View of my new and improved Writing paper and envelope in blank form suitably scored or creased for folding one within the other to form a doubly sealed package.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the writing paper folded over on itself and partly over the envelopeforming portion.

Figure 3 is a perspective rear view showing the complete unit folded, sealed and ready for mailing.

Figure 4 is a perspective view, on a slightly enlarged scale, of the envelope when opened along one of its edges to render the folded writing paper accessible for removal. A fragment of one corner of the envelope is shown torn away for convenience of illustration.

Figure 5 is a sectional end view taken along the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 4'showing the folded writing paper entirely withdrawn from the envelope and in the process of being torn away from one of the elements of the envelope.

Figure 7 is a sectional end view taken along the line 77 of Figure 6.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings:

The preferred form of the invention as illustrated in Figure 1 comprises a sheet of writing paper indicated generally by reference numeral 1 and an unfolded envelope indicated generally at 2. The paper 1 is scored with intersecting fold lines 3 and 4 to define foldable sections A, B, C and D. The envelope portion is scored with fold lines 5, 6, 7 and 8 to define a front panel 9 and also the inner ends of a bridge or rear panel 10 and three sealing flaps 11, 12 and 13. The writing paper 1 is separable from the bridge panel 10 along a line of perforations 14.

In one manner of folding the writing paper for placement and sealing within the envelope the entire sheet is infolded along the line of perforations 14 so that section D will flatly overlie the bridge panel 10. Sections A B are then folded upwardly along the fold line 4 to flatly overlie sections C D. Sections A C are then folded along fold line 3 to overlie sections B D. The sections thus folded along with the panel 10 are then infolded along the fold line 6 to place them upon the panel 9 of the envelope. Following this the flap 13 is folded upwardly along fold line 8 to overlie the bridge panel 10 and finally the sealing flaps 1112 are infolded along their fold lines 5 and 7 and sealed by their gummed marginal edges 15 to the flap 13 and to only the upper half of the bridge panel 10 since its lower half is back of the flap 13. By this novel arrangement when the envelope has been cut or torn along the edge indicated in Figure 6 the folded writing paper becomes accessible and can be readily withdrawn into the position shown in Figure 6 due to the free upward rolling action of the lower half of the bridge panel 10 to its point of attachment to the upper gummed edges of the sealing flaps 11 and 12. The writing paper can then be detached from the envelope or panel 10 along the line of perforations 14. When the writing paper is once removed from the envelope either before or after detachment from the bridge panel lii it would be most difiicult to reinsert it into the envelope.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention 1 am aware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves to others skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

I claim:

An article of the class described comprising a sheet of writing paper scored longitudinally and transversely to form four panels adapted to be folded into four overlapping sections, an envelope-forming blank scored longi tudinally and transversely to provide five sections adapted to be folded into a front and a rear panel and three sealing-flaps, said sealing flaps being connected to said front panel to receive the folded writing paper, said rear panel being formed integral with one of the overlapping sections of the writing paper along a line of perforations, two of said sealing flaps being disposed on opposite sides of said front panel and gummed along their outer marginal edges for adhesion to the third sealing flap and to one half of said rear panel whereby upon severance of the front panel from the edge of the rear panel opposite said line of perforations the other half of said rear panel can be drawn upwardly along with the withdrawal of the writing paper from the envelope and held against further withdrawal to resist the tearing action of the writing paper along said line of perforations.

References Cited in the file of this patent.

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